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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: Whitebox on February 04, 2012, 03:03:32 pm

Title: Can't see all of the hard drive
Post by: Whitebox on February 04, 2012, 03:03:32 pm: I set up a Raid configuration with an 60GB SSD and 1TB hard drive, but I can't only see 60GB. Wh?
Title: Re: Can't see all of the hard drive
Post by: Rolo42 on February 04, 2012, 06:40:15 pm: Why did you RAID these? What effect are you looking for?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID
Title: Re: Can't see all of the hard drive
Post by: Whitebox on February 05, 2012, 12:52:39 am: Improved performance, thanks for not answering my question.
Title: Re: Can't see all of the hard drive
Post by: Aussie Allan on February 05, 2012, 01:31:04 am: And Welcome WhiteBox

A tad more information can go a long way to understanding what the problem might be .... could this be a Gigabyte iSSD motherboard we're talking about ? ..... if not , I can understand Rolo's assumption as generally Raid requires two drives of a similar capacity and ideally exactly the same.....even make and model in the ideal world....

If you could provide a few more detail ( Mobo and toy list, OS,ect) I'm sure I or others will be able to help you further....

Aussie Allan
Title: Re: Can't see all of the hard drive
Post by: Whitebox on February 05, 2012, 01:41:18 am: How do I remove the RAID configuation. One drive is a Corsair 60GB SSD and the other is a Seagate 1TB drive.
Title: Re: Can't see all of the hard drive
Post by: Aussie Allan on February 05, 2012, 01:50:14 am: Wait for the prompt during boot .....At the right time ..... press [ Ctrl-I ] should get you to the Raid configuration window and allow you to break the Raid set .....

The 60GB Corsair should be big enough for a lean install OS hanging off one of the Intel controller/ports (if you have one) and make/mark the other for storage with what ever drive letter you like.

Anything else ?

Aussie Allan 8)
Title: Re: Can't see all of the hard drive
Post by: Whitebox on February 05, 2012, 04:26:20 am: Yeah but worrying about what that other poster said muddled the entire thread, I see I have to get the answer to my original question somewhere else.
Title: Re: Can't see all of the hard drive
Post by: Rolo42 on February 05, 2012, 05:14:22 am: Quote from: Whitebox on February 05, 2012, 12:52:39 am
Improved performance, thanks for not answering my question.
I could have answered your question but you would have more questions and that won't help you to not bork your configuration more than you already have and I'd rather help you not do that. If you bothered to read the link, you would know:

- RAID can only use the same amount of free space on each disk in the RAID; how do you expect to mirror 1TB on a 60GB drive? (I assume mirror since you didn't specify what RAID configuration or what you were trying to do and that you have a 60GB RAID rather than 120GB)

- RAID will perform at the lowest common denominator: you completely nullified any performance gain from your SSD by forcing it to wait for the HDD to which it is yoked

If you have a Z68 chipset, your best bet is to use Intel SRT to configure the entire disk for caching the 1TB; it's almost like having a 1TB SSD.

If you do not have a Z68 chipset, Allan's suggestion is the way to go. You may want to move \Users to your 1TB drive but...that will require more reading...
Title: Re: Can't see all of the hard drive
Post by: Dark Mantis on February 05, 2012, 09:50:36 am: Quote from: Whitebox on February 05, 2012, 04:26:20 am
Yeah but worrying about what that other poster said muddled the entire thread, I see I have to get the answer to my original question somewhere else.

Welcome.

It would have been much faster and easier all round if you had just listed all your hardware as requested initially and you probably would have got the answer you were looking for.

RAID is not the easiest thing to configure and without knowing your setup and intentions it is hard to give good advice.